Chapter 2

The next morning Desirée and Sarah came down the stairs and saw them both lying there sleeping. Derek's hand protectively wrapped around Emily's waste and Emily's head on his chest. Quickly Sarah snatched a photo of them and then they went into the kitchen to make some coffee. After about ten more minutes Emily and Morgan woke up and came into the kitchen.

"Look who's finally up" Desirée said and chuckled

"Yeah look at them" Sarah continued the teasing. Morgan and Emily looked at each other no clue what was happening

"What's going on?" Derek asked. Sarah showed them the photo and they immediately started to laugh. Both Morgan daughters looked at each other in surprise.

"Can you send me that picture?" Emily asked

"Sure" she said, still confused by their reaction "So whats going on with you two?"

"Garcia has already started a photo album with pictures like that. At first the whole team was shocked by that but now we all add photos of us and it's always great fun to look at them" Derek answered and smiled

"Yea there are mostly pictures of us but also some of Garcia and Spencer or Kevin some of JJ and Hotch. It's great fun. You can't even imagine how often we fall asleep on the job" In that moment Fran came down into the kitchen and kissed her children on their cheeks

"Good Morning"

"Morning" Morgan and Emily said in unison. Fran looked at them suspiciously and then asked whats going on. After they finished telling her the story and she grinned. After the breakfast the Morgan sisters headed out to their shopping trip. Fran left soon after them and Derek and Emily stayed alone.

"Wanna go and unpack princess?" Derek asked

"To be honest all I want now is a nice warm shower, if its ok"

"Yeah sure. I'll get you a towel"

"Thank you" she smiled. A few minutes later he came back with a towel. He showed her the bathroom. "Hm Derek."

"Yeah"

"Could you open up the zipper"

Morgan gulped "Sure"

He walked a few steps towards her and she pulled away her hair. Slowly he pulled down the zipper to show her perfect porcelain colored back. "Thank you" she said with a smile that took his breath away.

"You- you're welcome" he said still in his thoughts

"You now you can leave now" she chuckled

"Hmm? Sure" He realized that he was still staring at her like an idiot so he quickly recomposed him self and left. Quickly Emily stripped off her other clothes and stepped under the shower.

Forty minutes later she stepped out of the shower and wrapped the towel around her body and dried herself. After that she pulled on her pair of favorite skinny jeans and a white blouse. When she came into the living room Morgan was watching TV. When he realized her in the door frame still drying off her damp hair he smiled and patted to the seat next to him.

"Hey wanna grab a bite" he asked her and she nodded

"Sure where are we heading?"

"To a place I liked to go and eat as a kid"

"Okay so I'm going to trust you" She put on her jacket. Morgan than took her hand and dragged towards the door. She giggled at that and hurried after him. On the street they than finally slowed down but Morgan still held on to her hand. They walked down the street till they came to a little diner. When they entered a woman about sixty approached them

"Derek Morgan! I haven't seen you here for quite a while."

"Hello Rosemarie, I know I'm sorry. The job's pretty crazy sometimes"

"Oh, honey, I know. And who is that gorgeous woman next to you?"

"She's my colleague and friend Emily Prentiss. She's spending Christmas with us"

"Quite a catch you've made here." She grinned at Emily and walked out of the diner." Emily blushed a bit, which made Derek smile

"Oh, is Emily Prentiss blushing"

"Am not" she said and poked his arm

"Oh" he pretended that it hurt, "What was that for?"

"You know exactly. Now lets sit down and order something. I'm starving." He smiled when she took his hand and lead him to a free table.

"What?" she asked when she saw him grinning like an idiot.

"Nothing"

"Okeeeey" He ignored that comment and continued reading the menu. Emily Prentiss ordered a big plate of Spaghetti and Derek ordered fries with a stake. They happily chatted away while they ate. After Emily finished Morgan still had some fries left and she tried to snatch one but Derek was faster and slapped away her hand

"Oww"

"You deserved it"

"No. Can I please get a fries."

"Nope"

"Pretty please? Pretty please with sugar on it?"

"Okay" He gave her one "But only because you asked very nice princess "She giggled and ate the fries" After Morgan finished eating they paid and went for a walk in the park. It started snowing.

"Soo, what was your most beautiful Christmas princess?"

"Hmm. I think it was when I was seven. We were in Israel that time and my best friend at the time was Ziva David, she now works at the NCIS in DC. Anyway she was allowed to spend Christmas at my place because both our parents had to work, and since it was Christmas for me we decided it would be great we baked chocolate chip cookies. In the end more of the dough ended up on our hands, faces, aprons and the kitchen floor, but I got to say, they were the best chocolate chip cookies I ate in my life. After that we gave each other presents," Emily pulled out a necklace from underneath her blouse, "She gave me that." The necklace was golden with a little heart attached to it. "The ironic thing was that I gave her the same present," she chuckled, "after that we sat down on the couch, watched movies and ate our cookies all day long"

"Sounds great"

"Yes it was. So what was the best present you ever got?"

"It was my first bike when I was six. I spend the rest of the day outside just riding it up and down the street, just to show off how cool my new bike was." Emily smiled. "What?"

"I just pictured a little six year old Derek Morgan brightly grinning riding his bike up and down the street"

"Hey it was a really cool bike and all the kids on my block were jealous about it, but that didn't stop my sisters from teasing me, about how often I drove up and down the street, the whole next year."

Emily chuckled: "That sounds nice."

"Yeah" From that point they walked in comfortable silence for a while till Emily slipped on some ice. Derek barely caught her. When she opened up her eyes Derek's and her face were merely inches apart. Slowly they moved their faces closer to each other when a snowball landed in Derek's face and they looked into the direction from where the snowball came and saw some kids playing in the snow. One of them yelling an apology and then continuing throwing snowballs at his friends. Emily started laughing and brushed off the snow from his cheek, soon Morgan joined in the laughing. After they calmed down they slowly made their way back to the apartment, holding each others hands. When they entered the apartment Derek took Emily's coat and then took of his own. Desirée and Sarah were at home by the time.

"How about you get us a cup of coffee and I'll get you a towel for your hair" Emily nodded. When she walked into the kitchen the Morgan sisters were happily chatting away

"Where have you two been?" Sarah asked when she noticed Emily in the door frame

"We went to a little diner and after that we walked through the park" Emily answered while pouring herself and Derek a cup of the already made coffee.

"Soo whats going on with you two anyway?"

"What do you mean?"

"You act like a happy couple who is totally in love"

"We do?" she asked

"Yes you so totally do. So are you two a couple?"

"No and no we have not been out on a date or anything like that"

"Desirée we have some matchmaking to do" Sarah said with a smile in her voice

"But..." Emily just wanted to protest when Morgan came into the room handing her the towel. "Thank you" she smiled and handed him the cup.

Morgan nodded at her and then asked her: "Have they grilled you for information yet?"

"I think they were just getting started"

"Yeah they always do that." Emily smiled and handed him the coffee. "So what were they asking you?"

"No comment" Emily answered grinning knowing how annoyed he can get if he doesn't know everything.

"Please Princess?" She shook her head

"Sugar Plum? Honey Bee? Baby cakes?" She just continued shaking her head and grinning broadly

"Gorgeous, you do know that I know that you're ticklish" with this words Derek grabbed her around her waist and started tickling her. Sarah and Desirée watched their banter with interest, already making matchmaking plans. They were so caught up in each other that they didn't even noticed Fran standing in the kitchen watching them all smiling.

After a while she said "Derek Frederic Morgan stop tickling the poor girl and help me unpacking the groceries." Morgan let go of Emily, who was breathing heavily by now, and helped his mother. Both sisters then took a hand of her and dragged her to their room.

"Morgan help" she said playfully with a smile and while that he just stood there and watched his sisters kidnap his partner.